I recently contributed to an article discussing setting rates for web design work. I’ve written about this a few times, and have several years experience doing it. This is challenging for those just starting out, so I felt really good about being a part of it. Unlike many articles on the topic, actual numbers were discussed along with practices, making it a lot more useful to people trying to set their own rates. So when I discovered from my site tracking that I’d gotten over a thousand visitors from the article, I was psyched.
That is, until I went there and read the comments…uh…it was a bloodbath. Continue reading How’s That Ego Doing?